Read or READ may refer to:

Computing

Read (computer) Reading is an action performed by computers, to acquire data from a source and place it into their volatile memory for Process (computing), processing. Computers may read information from a variety of sources, such as magnetic storage, the Inter ...

, to retrieve data from a storage device *

Read (system call) In modern POSIX compliant operating systems, a program that needs to access data from a file stored in a file system uses the read system call. The file is identified by a file descriptor that is normally obtained from a previous call to open. T ...

, a low-level IO function on a file descriptor in a computer * Read (Unix), a command in Unix operating systems

Places

Read, Lancashire Read is a village in Lancashire 5 miles west northwest of Burnley and 2 miles east of Whalley. It is on the A671 which is the main road between Burnley and Clitheroe. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 census was 1,419. ...

, England, a village *

Read, West Virginia Read is an unincorporated community in Randolph County, West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The ...

, United States, an unincorporated community *

Read Township, Clayton County, Iowa Read Township is a township in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 300. History Read Township was organized in 1856. It is named for Robert R. Read. Geography Read Township covers an area of and con ...

, United States *

Read Township, Butler County, Nebraska Read Township is one of seventeen townships in Butler County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 179 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 180. The Village of Surprise lies within the Township close ...

, United States *

Read Mountains Read Mountains is a group of rocky summits, the highest being Holmes Summit at , lying east of Glen Glacier in the south-central part of the Shackleton Range. Name The Read Mountains were first mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarct ...

, Coats Land, Antarctica *

Mount Read Mount Read is a mountain located in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia, and is at the north west edge of the West Coast Range. With an elevation of above sea level, Mount Read has had as colourful a history, similar to that of Mou ...

, a mountain in Tasmania, Australia *

Read Island Read Island is an island in British Columbia, Canada. It is part of the Discovery Islands between Vancouver Island and the mainland, between the Strait of Georgia and Johnstone Strait. Etymology Read Island was named around 1864 by Daniel Pend ...

, British Columbia, Canada

People

Read (surname) Read is a surname of English origins. Derivation The name is most likely to derive from ''rēad,'' the Anglo-Saxon (Old English) term for the colour red. As a name it is believed to have originally been descriptive of person's complexion or hair ...

, including a list of people with this surname * Read Montague (born 1960) American neuroscientist and popular science author * Read Viemeister (1922–1993), American industrial designer *

Miss Read Dora Jessie Saint MBE (17 April 1913 – 7 April 2012), née Shafe, best known by the pen name Miss Read, was an English novelist and, by profession, a schoolmistress. Her pseudonym was derived from her mother's maiden name. She is best known ...

(1913–2012), pen name of British author Dora Jessie Saint

READ

* Reading Excellence and Discovery Foundation, a non-profit charitable organization founded in 1999 * READ Global, a non-profit organization operating in rural South Asia * READ International, a charity that aims to improve access to education in East Africa *

Rural Educational and Development Foundation In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and city, cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agriculture, Agricultural areas and areas with forestry ar ...

, a not-for-profit educational network in rural Pakistan *

Reading Education Assistance Dogs A therapy dog is a dog that is trained to provide affection, comfort and support to people, often in settings such as hospitals, retirement homes, nursing homes, schools, libraries, hospices, or disaster areas. In contrast to assistance dogs, ...

, an organization promoting literacy using therapy dogs

Other uses

Read (automobile) The Read car was manufactured by the Read Motor Company in Detroit, Michigan from 1913 to 1914. History Ray J. Read, Joseph Beatty and Roy Herald established the Read Motor Company for the manufacture of a four-cylinder 20- hp touring car on a ...

, an American car manufactured from 1913 to 1915 *

Read (biology) In DNA sequencing, a read is an inferred sequence of base pairs (or base pair probabilities) corresponding to all or part of a single DNA fragment. A typical sequencing experiment involves DNA fragmentation, fragmentation of the genome into millions ...

, an inferred sequence of base pairs of a DNA fragment *

Read codes Read codes are a clinical terminology system that was in widespread use in General Practice in the United Kingdom until around 2018, when NHS England switched to using SNOMED CT. Read codes are still in use in Scotland and in England were permitt ...

, a standard clinical terminology system used in General Practice in the United Kingdom *

Read Bridge Read Bridge ( Chinese: 李德桥) is a beam-structured bridge located at Clarke Quay within the Singapore River Planning Area in Singapore. The bridge crosses the Singapore River linking Clarke Quay to Swissôtel Merchant Court. The bridge was ...

, Singapore * ''Read'' (magazine), a children's magazine *

Read School (disambiguation) Read School may refer to: *Read School, Drax Read School, Drax is a Boarding school, boarding, day, and independent school, based in the rural village of Drax, North Yorkshire, Drax, near Selby, North Yorkshire, England. Formerly a Single-sex ...

Read (theatre) Oral interpretation is a dramatic art, also commonly called "interpretive reading" and "dramatic reading", though these terms are more conservative and restrictive. In certain applications, oral interpretation is also a theater art – as in re ...

, to perform the dialog of a play *

Read (transgender) In the context of gender, passing is someone being perceived as a gender they identify as or are attempting to be seen as, rather than their sex assigned at birth. Historically, this was common among women who served in occupations where they we ...

, a term in gender identity *

Chicago-Read Mental Health Center Chicago-Read Mental Health Center (CRMHC, often called simply Read) is a state-run inpatient JCAHO-accredited facility, located in the community of Dunning, Chicago, Dunning, northwest of Chicago, Illinois. In 1965, as a community alternative to ...

in Chicago, Illinois * ''

The Read ''The Read'' is a weekly pop culture podcast. One of several podcasts affiliated with the Loud Speakers Network, ''The Read'' is hosted by American comedians Kid Fury and Crissle West and based in New York City. History Prior to starting ''Th ...

'', a weekly one-hour pop culture podcast *

Arthur Read Arthur Timothy Read is a fictional anthropomorphic aardvark created by the author Marc Brown. The main character of the book and television series ''Arthur'', he is in the third grade and lives in the fictional city of Elwood City. Physical ...

, a fictional anthropomorphic aardvark

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